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I dont know if this annoys me or not...

I had to write another shit-o-gram at work today.
I am annoyed because I had to, but I had a lousy day anyway so it allowed me to apply snark and sarcasm in equal quantities (much like Araldite)

The snark etc kind of cheered me up a little, so a mixed bag over all.

AND its a long weekend, so if I get called in for a talk to Bossman, it will be Tuesday.

Handle9: Pseudo intellectual beard strokers misusing technical terms. The one that really annoys me is the claim that rental property isn’t a productive asset.

A productive asset is one that generates income and/or appreciates over time. Housing is absolutely a productive asset.

There’s a reasonable discussion about whether it is better to invest in different types of assets but it’d be nice to use the right terms.

Still nowhere near as productive as factory machinery, high-speed fibre broadband, research laboratories, and anything else that harnesses concentrated brainpower.

deepred:

Handle9: Pseudo intellectual beard strokers misusing technical terms. The one that really annoys me is the claim that rental property isn’t a productive asset.

A productive asset is one that generates income and/or appreciates over time. Housing is absolutely a productive asset.

There’s a reasonable discussion about whether it is better to invest in different types of assets but it’d be nice to use the right terms.

Still nowhere near as productive as factory machinery, high-speed fibre broadband, research laboratories, and anything else that harnesses concentrated brainpower.

Don't the no smoking rules also apply to vaping, or does the government have to pass a new law?

"The Act bans smoking and vaping at all times inside all workplaces, licensed premises, some public enclosed areas, and anywhere on the grounds of schools and early childcare and education centres."

https://www.health.govt.nz/regulation-legislation/vaping-herbal-smoking-and-smokeless-tobacco/about-the-smokefree-act

networkn: There were at least 6 people vaping near us at Luke Combs last night, and honestly, I could see 30 more around the place.

I try very hard to avoid it as it contains toxic chemicals, not to mention the hygiene issues with breathing in moisture that has come straight out of someone else's lungs. I would hate to be exposed to it in an enclosed space like that. 

I try to avoid it on the street but it's hard because the vapour seems to stream behind people when they are doing it while walking. So, if you're walking behind someone you have to make sure you can see what's in their hands and even then it can sometimes catch you unaware. 

I'm amazed that it's even legal to sell the stuff.

Handle9:

deepred:

 

Handle9: Pseudo intellectual beard strokers misusing technical terms. The one that really annoys me is the claim that rental property isn’t a productive asset.

A productive asset is one that generates income and/or appreciates over time. Housing is absolutely a productive asset.

There’s a reasonable discussion about whether it is better to invest in different types of assets but it’d be nice to use the right terms.

 

 

 

Still nowhere near as productive as factory machinery, high-speed fibre broadband, research laboratories, and anything else that harnesses concentrated brainpower.

 

Not necessarily. A house producing steady profitable income is far more productive than factory machinery in a failing business.

Depends on whether the house is multi-storey, solar/wind powered and meets healthy homes standards. Or if it's a single-family doer-upper costing lots to heat & keep dry & landing its dwellers in hospital for lung infections.

And, of course, if you bought the house circa 1991.

deepred:

Handle9:

deepred:

 

Still nowhere near as productive as factory machinery, high-speed fibre broadband, research laboratories, and anything else that harnesses concentrated brainpower.

Not necessarily. A house producing steady profitable income is far more productive than factory machinery in a failing business.

Depends on whether the house is multi-storey, solar/wind powered and meets healthy homes standards. Or if it's a single-family doer-upper costing lots to heat & keep dry & landing its dwellers in hospital for lung infections.

And, of course, if you bought the house circa 1991.

The fact that, after hooking up an IoT device which includes a lot of custom wiring, it worked when I turned on the power.

The Annoy isn't because it worked but because the expected result is that it doesn't work and you then have to spend hours trying to figure out which obscure option you need to frob to make it work.

networkn: There were at least 6 people vaping near us at Luke Combs last night, and honestly, I could see 30 more around the place.